Scotland is a country located in Europe and is a part of the United Kingdom, whereas Taiwan is a country in East Asia. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Scotland and Taiwan regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Scotland bigger than Taiwan?
The total area of Scotland is 77,933 sq km, and the total area of Taiwan is 36,197 sq km. Scotland is bigger than Taiwan by 41,736 sq km. Scotland is around 2.15 times bigger than Taiwan.
Area of Scotland: 30,090 sq mi ( 77,933 km2 )
Area of Taiwan: 13,976 sq mi ( 36,197 km2 )
Population
According to the Eurostat data, the total population of Scotland as of 2019 was estimated to be around 5.454 Million.
Based on the Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, the total population of Taiwan as of 13th July 2021, is 23,861,176.
Here is some more data comparison between Scotland and Taiwan.
The capital city of Scotland is Edinburgh, and the capital city of Taiwan is Taipei
Official Languages
Scotland: English, Scottish Gaelic
Taiwan: Mandarin
Human Development Index
HDI of Scotland as of 2018: 0.913
HDI of Taiwan as of 2018: 0.916
Scotland Timezone:
UTC (Greenwich Mean Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 1 (British Summer Time)
Taiwan Timezone:
UTC + 8 (Taiwan Standard Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Scotland:
57° 0′ 0″ N, 4° 0′ 0″ W
Coordinates of Taiwan:
24° 0′ 0″ N, 121° 0′ 0″ E
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